HOW TO – SNES to Parallel Port
Hungry_Myst writes – “…basic steps to modify your SNES controller to connect to your computer via the parallel port.” – Link.
Technology
LEGO lie detector
Nice Make! – “You can’t get more simple than the Galvanic Skin Response GSR sensor. It is just a cut 9V LEGO motor wire and some aluminum foil wrapped around your fingers with tape. I was inspired by talks by Mindfest panelists Karen Wilkinson and Mike Petrich who talked about using this type of sensor.” […]
HOW TO – NeurosCAM cellphone video playback
Eliot and Buffy write – “We reviewed the Neuros MPEG-4 recorder in January. Since then, we have been finding ALL kinds for fun ways to use this amazingly versatile digital recording device. The all digital, battery powered, MPEG-4 NeurosCAM was one of those ways :-) The setup is highly portable, totally shock resistant, and lasts […]
Drive bay cover mod
ContraptionMaker writes – “This project actually started as a need to switch from my speakers to my headphones and back with out unplugging anything….Since this only required a switch and a headphone jack, I had a lot of room left on the drive bay cover, so I decided to add a couple of more switches.” […]
Robotis Bioloid “Edutainment” Robot Kits
Tom writes – “A company considering importing and distributing the Korean-made Robotis Bioloid brought a couple of kits and assembled robots to our studio. We’ve posted photos, a summary of technical details and video clips at www.botmag.com. The Bioloid line has a number of advances not previously seen in Robo-One category kits: networked servos and […]
Open Source Hardware and Industry
Dan from Squid-Labs/Instructable on open source hardware – “Here are some of my thoughts on the open source hardware movement and industry. This is not to say that we are only concerned with industry here, but more that we saw a lot of struggling over the years in finding viable business models around open source […]
HOW TO – Blinking cruiser bike light
Joe writes – “Make your own bike light. The box I used for the simple Ipod amp project came with an army surplus survey lamp in it. My cruiser is army green. You see where this is going? This uses a 555 timer and some transistors for the controls.” – Link.
